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Better data, customer-informed product design, and stronger internal accountability can help financial institutions expand access to finance for women entrepreneurs.
Reducing informality requires helping workers and firms move into more productive activities through skills, technology, and firm upgrading.
Climate-resilient food systems and improved access to nutritious diets can strengthen food security and health outcomes in Kiribati.
Climate-informed design and community systems improved services, reduced disease risks, and strengthened resilience in coastal towns.
Investing in mental health strengthens human capital, reduces inequality, and drives economic and social gains across sectors.
The benefits of open finance are closely linked to how well its risks are understood and managed.
Gender strategy and workplace policies are advancing safer workplaces, expanding STEM education for girls, and strengthening energy sector reforms.
As climate finance expands, Supreme Audit Institutions can help strengthen oversight, improve accountability, and support effective climate outcomes.
As Sri Lanka’s population ages, many older people in remote hill villages are being left without adequate support, services, or income security.
Scale nature-based solutions and align investments with the Global Biodiversity Framework to reverse wetland loss in Asia and the Pacific.